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| BBC RADIO 2 Wednesday 7 May 2008 |
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Mike Harding
Wednesday 7 May
7.00-8.00pm BBC RADIO 2
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Mike Harding returns with a selection of the latest in folk, roots and acoustic-based music, including news of artists on tour and the latest album releases.
Tonight, Mike chats to legendary Scottish singer, songwriter, musician and activist Dick Gaughan – perhaps the most prominent artist to have emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the Sixties and Seventies, who celebrates his 60th birthday this May.
From his early recordings in the late Sixties through to work with bands such as Five Hand Reel and Boys Of The Lough, and his writing for theatre and film, Dick remains one of the major forces on the UK folk scene.
Presenter/Mike Harding, Producer/Kellie While
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| BBC RADIO 3 Wednesday 7 May 2008 |
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Composer Of The Week – Franz Schubert Ep 3/5
Bank Holiday Monday 5 to Friday 9 May
12.00noon-1.00pm BBC RADIO 3
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Donald Macleod and Stephen Johnson continue the exploration of Schubert's final compositions, focusing on Sonata in B flat major, D 960 and Auf dem Strom (On The River).
Schubert never owned a piano in his life, and wasn't highly rated as a pianist, yet he wrote one of the great sonatas of the piano repertoire – the Sonata in B flat major, D 960, completed just a few weeks before his death in November 1828. It is paired with a highly contrasting work from the early part of Schubert's final year, Auf dem Strom for tenor, horn and piano, specially written for the composer's one and only public concert during his lifetime.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Chris Barstow
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Performance On 3 – BBC NOW
Wednesday 7 May
7.00-8.45pm BBC RADIO 3
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Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under their Conductor Laureate, Japan's Tadaaki Otaka, performing Bartók's early Violin Concerto No. 1, Divertimento, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, recorded at St David's Hall, Cardiff, on Friday 2 May.
In this concert, award-winning Frenchman Olivier Charlier is the soloist in Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1. It's a loving musical portrait written in the rosy glow of Bartók's hopeless infatuation with a young violinist – she rejected both Bartók and the concerto a week after he sent it to her.
Bartók's Divertimento is a seemingly carefree work, belying the circumstances of its composition; it was the last music he wrote before leaving Europe for ever as war was about to engulf the continent. Beethoven's Seventh Symphony was thought, by no less a judge than Wagner, to be "the apotheosis of the dance". It reminded eminent conductor Thomas Beecham of "a lot of yaks jumping about".
Presenter/Petroc Trelawny, Producer/David Papp
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| BBC RADIO 4 Wednesday 7 May 2008 |
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Case Study Ep 1/4
Wednesday 7 May
11.00-11.30am BBC RADIO 4
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Claudia Hammond examines classic psychological case studies that advanced the science over the past 200 years, tracing the line of development to current psychological research and treatment.
Claudia begins the series in New York, where a gruesome murder in 1964 shocked America – not only because a young woman was brutally killed, but also because she received no help from 38 witnesses to the crime, and no one called the police. The killing of Kitty Genovese led to decades of psychological research on why it is that the more bystanders there are, the less likely people are to get involved. More recently, questions have arisen as to whether 38 people actually could have witnessed the murder. Claudia revisits the scene of the crime to find out what really happened and whether the decades of research that followed are still valid.
Presenter/Claudia Hammond, Producer/Marya Burgess
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Wednesday 7 May 2008 |
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Nemone
Wednesday 7 May
1.00-4.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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Scottish actor Alan Cumming joins Nemone to talk about his forthcoming appearance in the film Tin Man, and also picks some of his favourite tracks.
Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Jax Coombes
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Steve Lamacq
Wednesday 7 May
4.00-7.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
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The hugely tipped White Lies join Steve Lamacq as this week's New Favourite Band. The young gloom-popsters' debut single, Unfinished Business, recently hit the streets and they are currently on an extensive UK tour.
Presenter/Steve Lamacq, Producer/Gary Bales
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Wednesday 7 May 2008 |
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Sean wonders if he could convince the police that Zak is innocent, in today's visit to Silver Street. Arun doubts it; maybe Talib did get Zak involved in something. Arun's coldness upsets Roopa and she runs off, crying. Sean rushes after her.
Fatima's mother, Firdos, arrives at the hospital and is immediately suspicious of the Akhtars. A row with Khatija leads to them being asked to leave the ward. The two mothers later make their peace as Firdos finally succumbs to her grief.
Sean is played by Lloyd Thomas, Zak by Jetinder Summan, Arun by Naithan Ariane, Talib by Rachid Sabitri, Roopa by Rakhee Thakrar, Firdos by Sameena Zehra and Khatija by Miriam Ali.
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| BBC WORLD SERVICE Wednesday 7 May 2008 |
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Discovery – Africa Lab Ep 2/2
Wednesday 7 May
10.30-11.00am BBC WORLD SERVICE
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The African Union and many donor nations think that developing the continent's scientific capability is the key to economic transformation. It can boost agriculture, improve health and lifestyles and help move the continent from a supplier of resources to a more sophisticated model. It's a compelling vision. But is it possible?
Hugh Levinson concludes his investigation of the role of scientific research in boosting Africa's agriculture and health.
Presenter and Producer/Hugh Levinson
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